I had a date with my mentee and when she selected Mexican food, I was thrilled. There are lots of options for Mexican food on Ninth Avenue close to my office so it was only a matter of picking one I hadn't been to or blogged about. After perusing the options on urbanspoon, I settled on El Centro. The reviews weren't stellar but they were pretty good. When we arrived around 6:15 it was empty in there, but within a half hour the place was packed! We started with an order of guacamole.
It was quite good, but apparently a little too spicy for Ms. D. They also served it with their house made salsa which was awesome!
I tried not to fill up too much on the chips, salsa and guacamole but it was so good! Ms. D ordered the Chicken Enchilada.
Quite the presentation, no?! She was quite pleased with her meal but the portion was quite large so she didn't finish it all. I ordered the Shrimp Fajita.
Steamy presentation - that's part of the fun in ordering fajitas! They were quite good and accompanied with rice and beans. As well as peppers, 3 corn tortillas, guacamole and sour cream (which I stayed away from).
El Centro definitely exceeded expectations. The food was good and not too expensive. The decor is interesting - especially the table tops and the service was great. If you're in the mood to explore the many restaurants on Ninth Avenue, you should definitely give this one a try.
Hungry yet?
FINE you can take me there. that guac does look tomato and cilantro free so I'm naturally a little suspicious.
ReplyDeleteQuery: was this better than Toloache?
haha it had cilantro but was light on tomato. not better than Toloache but it was definitely less fancy
ReplyDeleteOk that last dish looks like a banger. Is that the fajita, btw this blog should be banned. You are only making ppl seriously hungry at work. Haha
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